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Because it makes sense (and cents!).

In British Columbia, articling students can provide virtually all legal services that a lawyer is permitted to provide, including conducting research, drafting documents, and attending court (subject to the limitations of Law Society Rule 2-60(2)).  Hiring an articled student can free up extra time for you to take on more clients, develop another aspect of your practise, or simply provide you with more time to enjoy life outside of work.

It is a short term commitment (9 months of employment, plus the 10 week Professional Legal Training Course (PLTC)), and can be shared with another lawyer or firm (ideal for situations where a student seeks a more diverse range of practice areas than may be available at a firm, or if the firm has insufficient work to retain a student for the 9 month articling period).  Once completed, the student is licensed to practise law in British Columbia.

Hiring an articling student is an excellent opportunity for you to provide training and mentorship.  You have the opportunity to assist a student just as your principal assisted you.

Subject to applicable Law Society and/or Bar Association rules/guidelines, employers can recruit and hire summer and articling students at any time of the year.  

In British Columbia, employers should consult Law Society Rule 2-58 (specific to articling recruitment), and the Vancouver Bar Association’s (VBA) voluntary Student Guidelines and Articling Interview Guidelines.

We can help! 

It’s Time to Hire an Articling Student: What Next? is a free resource for employers that we co-developed for the National Association for Law Placement (NALP). It covers a variety of helpful hiring topics, including when and how to hire an articling student, how to identify a pool of candidates, how to conduct interviews and select a successful candidate, articling student salaries, making an offer, and articling documentation.

You'll also want to create a job posting for ACE. Creating a job posting can raise your profile and increase the number of applicants.

Additional questions on hiring law students? Please contact us.

Yes, absolutely - via ACE.

Employers who elect to receive applications via ACE will be able to download candidate’s application packages directly from the platform.

The Allard School of Law does not rank students. However, since 2008, we have provided a Sessional Grading Distribution for students in the JD program, which sets out our range of grades and percentage spread for each year of students.

Under the Allard School of Law’s Grading Rules, it is exceptionally rare for any of our JD students to achieve a GPA at or over 85% (or an “A” average). Our first year assignments and April (final) examinations are subject to a requirement that the average marks for each class fall between a range of 70% to 75%. For upper year courses, the range is 70% to 74-79%, depending on class size.